French Court Sentences Far-Right Group Members for Plotting Attacks on Muslims
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A French court on Thursday sentenced 16 members of the far-right group Action des Forces Op\u00e9rationnelles (AFO) to prison terms of up to five years for plotting violent attacks targeting Muslims. Two defendants were acquitted, according to AFP.<\/p>\n
Daniel R., the group\u2019s explosives expert and military trainer, received the harshest sentence of five years with immediate detention due to his role and risk of reoffending.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s founder Guy S., regional leader Bernard S., and another member, Philippe S., were handed five-year sentences with parts suspended; Guy S. and Bernard S. will serve under house arrest with electronic monitoring. Prosecutors also requested a 15-year ban on firearm possession and prohibitions on contact between the defendants, who would be added to France\u2019s terrorist offender registry.<\/p>\n
The group was accused of planning attacks including poisoning halal food and bombing mosque entrances, motivated by \u201csystematic hatred\u201d of Islam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
French Court Sentences Far-Right Group Members for Plotting Attacks on Muslims ……………… A French court on Thursday sentenced 16 members of the far-right group Action des Forces Op\u00e9rationnelles (AFO) to prison terms of up to five years for plotting violent attacks targeting Muslims. Two defendants were acquitted, according to AFP. Daniel R., the group\u2019s explosives …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[13837],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-rights"],"yoast_head":"\n